RSM260H1 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 note
19 Dec 2011
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Leadership the influence that particular individuals exert on the goal achievement of others in an organizational context. Leaders motivate others to perform some are form/assigned, some are informal. Theories that consider personality, social, physical, or intellectual traits to differentiate leaders from non-leaders = trait approach. Assume that leaders are born (personality), it is not sth you can learn. Goal: figure out who has leadership traits and select them as leaders. Such as physical attributes, intellectual ability, and personality. Intelligence (not as strongly as previously thought), energy, self-confidence, dominance, motivation to lead, emotional stability, honesty and integrity, need for achievement. Three of big five (agreeableness, extraversion, and openness to experience) are related to leadership behaviours. Better at predicting leader emergence than leader effectiveness. Difficult to determine whether traits make the leader or whether the opportunity for leadership produces the traits. Little info about how to train and develop leaders and diagnose failures of leadership.
